Mexican Anti-Emo Riots

2008-03-28 by jimay333 | 22 Comments
"A series of attacks on dyed-hair, eye-makeup-wearing emo kids began in early March when several hundred people went on an emo-beating rampage in Querétaro, a town of 1.5 million about 160 miles north of Mexico City.

The next week, shaggy-haired emo teenagers were harassed again by punks and rockabillys in the capital, prompting police protection and a segment on the TV news. Most recently, a Mexican newspaper reported that metal heads and gangsters have warned Tijuana's emo kids to stay away from the town's fair next month.

But the so-called emos are organizing, too. Last week, they demonstrated against the violence, pictured above, and Wednesday some met with police in Mexico City."

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/anti-emo-riots.html

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IsItLuck?
Emeritus
March 28th 2008
4960 Comments


this building off the last article...but today I have found out that an apparently big portion of Mexicans are unreasonable. Of course it is led by metal heads and gangsters, anything less would be unacceptable.

ASberg
March 28th 2008
2161 Comments


epic fucking lols to this one. Mexico ftw, the land of angry headbangers.

masscows
March 28th 2008
2230 Comments


I didn't know there were metalheads in Mexico.
Mexico (and latin america in general) has one of the world's biggest and most devoted metal scenes...

Aficionado
March 28th 2008
1027 Comments


is TojesDolan going to be in these riots

CaptainPhat
March 28th 2008
23 Comments


I always knew the internet was fucked up, but I didn't know that I would actually see an overwhelming response in favor of the beatings of innocent people based on their appearance.

Some of these kids were beaten up pretty severely from what I hear.

CaptainPhat
March 28th 2008
23 Comments


Oh sorry wait was i being a rational person lol emo fags got what they deserved lololol

Doppelganger
March 28th 2008
3124 Comments


I didn't know there were emos anywhere on the planet.

Dracofury90
March 28th 2008
7 Comments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJPeffMSzVA&eurl=http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/anti-emo-riots.html

I just came back from a relaxing day on the beach and now I'm watching fucking Emo Mexicans getting the shit beat out of them by Mexican punks...HILARIOUS.This Message Edited On 03.28.08

FenderUsa
March 28th 2008
582 Comments


awesome

encmetalhead
March 28th 2008
744 Comments


pic brought instant lolz

Robinsdeadstar
March 28th 2008
37 Comments


okay.. this just doesn't make sense xD
I mean I know metalheads and emo kids don't really..can like, be friends or something x'D

but.. really, I've been to ALOT of metal concerts. and i've seen thousand of metalheads and I'm more emo than metal.
but i've never had problems.


just pretty f**ked up situation if you ask me.
be what you wanna be, it's just a way of living and a way to express yourself.



south_of_heaven 11
March 29th 2008
5619 Comments


tbh I always wanted to punch them before I even know what "emo" was.

But I never did because it's called self-control and not wanting 5 years for assault. Honestly, this is stupid that they've taken it this far (to riots/gang fights).

masscows
March 29th 2008
2230 Comments


Dude, it's Mexico

Dimmu Burger
March 29th 2008
82 Comments


These kids are all stupid. All of the music they listen stems from the same place.

bren732
March 29th 2008
76 Comments


I don't like the whole emo scene and everything, but I have to say that SoH11 is right, and that it's OK in my books to be different. Too bad society has to bring everyone else down, and I'm talking about preps thinking they run the show and think their all cool just cause they wear overpriced A + F clothes and walk around with the collars of their polo shirts popped, and then they go around acting like they run the show and bully those that refuse to conform to this sick modern day society. If there ever was an anti-conformist riot, I'd be the first in line.

Jimmy
March 29th 2008
737 Comments


so according to Bren...

1) It's ok to be different
2) Some people that dress and act a certain way suck

Anyhow I've never gone for the emo scene in any way but this violence is ridiculous. Why can't we all be friends?

bren732
March 29th 2008
76 Comments


Appologies, perhaps i didnt word it properly. I just get kinda worked up when this kinda stuff gets brought up because I get bullied by these people at my school a lot. I just kinda got pissed about the thought cause its only one group of people that bully me cause I have long hair and wear ripped jeans and everything...

bren732
March 29th 2008
76 Comments


But wow, i DID sound pretty hypocritical thereThis Message Edited On 03.28.08

Bfhurricane
March 29th 2008
6284 Comments


I'm pretty independed myself, and by that I mean I distance myself as far away form every trend. I go to a prep school, but when Im out I wear jeans and a tshirt. This growing non-comformist group is conforming in and of itself. People are conforming to an ideology that states you will not conform to anything else, so I tend to find this emo/independed trend to be almost hypocritical.

Pebster49
March 29th 2008
3041 Comments


omg, i am laughing sooooooo hard right now...hahaahahaha

Oblivioncry
March 29th 2008
602 Comments


do you guys really find this amusing?

LightningJ
March 29th 2008
120 Comments


This is quite an interesting story. I must admit that I at first found it quite funny to hear of a bunch of metal heads beating the crap out of emos, but if you read the article, it's really just an anti-homosexual movent, or "emosexuals," as they are called.



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